Improvement in devices for burying weeds and stubble while plowing



BEER & WAMPLER.

Plow-Fender.

No 57,279. Patented Aug 21, 1866.

hemp w, f 6 152 e 22683 W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. BEER AND JOHN B. WAMPLER, OF SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR BURYING WEEDS AND STUBBLE WHILE PLOWING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,279, datedAugust 21, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JosEPH W. BEER and JOHN B. WVAMPLER, of Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Machine for Burying Veeds, Stubble, 850.; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invented machine is such that it may be attached to the beam of any ordinary breaking-plow, and its peculiar construction is such that it separates the weeds, Ste, under the land-side of the beam,which are then turned down by means of bendingrods, which extend outward on the mold board side of the beam and downward toward the open furrow, so that the plow, as it follows, covers them all up. The rods are supported by a steel spring, which is screwed down firmly on the top of the beam, and which, while it keeps the rods from falling to the ground, also allows them to spring up if they should come' in contact with anything.

To enable any person skilled in the art to make and use our machine, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

1 is the first clevis, the ends of which are turned toward the land side of the beam, one end passing over and the other under it. These ends pass through holes in the cutter, and the burrs screw on on the outside of the cutter. At the lower cornerof the mold-board side of the beam there is an eye through the clevis parallel with the beam, which admits the hook on the end of the first bending-rod, as shown at A.

2 is the second clevis, the ends of which are turned upward, passing through holes in the spring, and the burrs screw on on the top of the spring. There is an eye through this clevis similar to that through the first and directly opposite to it. This eye receives the hook on the end of the second rod, as shown at B.

3 3 is a steel cutter, which is screwed on the land side of the beam, and reaches within about an inch of the ground. It has several sets of holes, so that it can be raised or lowered. The lower end is turned backward and upward, as at (3. In this turned-up end there is an eye, which receives the hook on the end of the connecting-rod, as at c. The cutter separates the weeds, 82c.

4 4 is the spring, which is screwed down firmly on the top of the beam at the second olevis. It is about fifteen inches long. The end on the beam is heavy and strong; but it is lighter and weaker toward the other end. The spring bears the rods up, so that the first bending-rod, at d cl, is about five inches above the ground or bot-tom of the plow.

5 5 is the first bending-rod, which has a hook on the end next the beam. This hook passes through the eye in the first clevis toward the second, as at A. The rod extends out on the mold-board side of the beam at right angles with it, first bowing upward, so that at about nine inches from the beam it is even with the top of it. It then bows down, so that about eighteen inches from the beam it is about five inches above the bottom of the plow. It bends backward toward the plow, running parallel with the beam about twelve inches. This rod strikes weeds as high as the top of the beam and easily bends them.

6 6 is the second bending-rod or spring-rod. It has a hook on the end next the beam, passing through the eye in the second clevis toward the first, as at B. This rod rises no higher than the bottom of the beam. It passes throughthe hole in the end of the spring, as at D. It connects with the first bending-rod about five inches from the end, as at E. It bends the weeds, 850., still lower.

7 7 is the third bendingrod or burying-rod. It is a continuation of the first bending-rod. It turns up short, as at F, bowing upward, so that at the highest place, which is opposite the end of the spring, it is about two inches lower than the second rod. It then bows downward, so that where it connects with the connectingrod under the beam it is six inches below the beam. This rod bends the weeds, 850., down into the furrow, so that the plow turns the ground on them and buries them.

8 is the connecting-rod, about six inches long. It connects with the end of the third rod, under the beam, with an eye-joint, as at G. This rod strengthens the burying-rod and prevents the weeds from fallingtogether after The herein-described devices, which we denominate a weed-burier', the same being attached to a plow-beam in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOSEPH W. BEER. JOHN B. WAMPLER. Witnesses:

JOHN MAONEIL, NORIDA HENDERSON. 

